Weird Japanese Drinks & Beverages
If you’re interested in a “Cool Calpiss Drink” you must already be living in Japan, which offers cucumber flavored pepsi soda, real chilled breast milk, and black vinegar juice:
Check out this list of The Top Ten Weird and Bizarre Japanese Soft Drinks. You’ll never look at coffee the same way again!
Investigative Reporting in China
It must be great to do a story in China, as opposed to the United States. Why? There are too many people who know a thing to keep it secret. In the crowded cities of Shanghai, there’s certain to be enough people with the knowledge you need. And, information there necessarily spreads farther and more quickly than here. I wonder if there have been any studies on the natural flow of social information in China… I would be interested to read them!
Missy Elliott too bootylicious for Beijing Olympics
Li Ning, principal of Beijing Institute of Protocol, is heading the selection process for hostesses at next year’s Beijing Olympics, and has a few choice things to say:
We don’t want anyone who looks in any way sleazy because that could really put athletes off. Bone structure and height should be uniform. For example, we don’t want any wide bottoms.
Tattoos are also forbidden, which puts Missy Elliott out of the running under all counts, as she got an authentic tribal tattoo in New Zealand, is incredibly short, and definitely bootylicious.
That’s too bad, as she’d make a great opening event. However, since the ceremonies will probably try to have as Chinese a flavour as possible, someone like Faye Wong, Jay Chou, S.H.E, or any of the myriad and awesome Chinese singers would do!
(On an unrelated note, wouldn’t a 周杰伦 / Missy Elliott collaborating be TOTALLY AWESOME?)
China: War Over Handshake?
After US President George W. Bush shooks hands with Taiwanese representative Joseph Wu during a commemoration for victims of Communism in Washington DC, “Chinese government leaders threatened to plan new war games and heighten military readiness in anticipation of any attempt by the U.S. to defend Taiwan should a Chinese invasion occur, or simply if Taiwan declares its independence” (src).
The current state of political affairs between the two contentious “Chinese governments” is an uneasy truce across the straits. The PRC and KMT both assert legitmate control over China, Taiwan, Mongolia, and Myanmar, and are expected to use no force against each other. However, if peaceful reunification fails, there will definitely be an international disaster.